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Chickity Check It!- New England Surf Report From New England Surfing

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

From NESurfReport-

nesUrfari.com
sUrfari, The Journal of New England Surfing provides yankee surfers with the latest New England surfing news, photos, stories, reports, video, links and reviews. sUrfari has been New England’s source for hardcore surfing since 1996. After being laid up from an accident in Hawaii during Decemer 1995 Christian del Rosario found an old modem, got online and created his first website, sUrfari in April of 1996. With the help of a few other New England surfers also in the online community who scanned a few surf photos to get the site going, Christian plugged away here and there on other people’s computers when ever he had the chance and got sUrfari up and running. Since then Christian has been the proud owner of a Mac or two and has become a computer junky. sUrfari has taken off from there and now it’s growing bigger and bigger…

 

Chickity Check It!-

http://www.nesurfari.com/blog/about/

Ravenswood- Magnolia Swamp

Posted on by Alicia Pensarosa

I took a nice hike with Coconut this afternoon in Ravenswood Park through the Magnolia Swamp trail.  Very nice day, everything is looking so green, but you have to watch out for ticks!

Georges By Night Featuring The Sweet Sounds of Chelsea Berry

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

From Dean Salah-

Hey all, Georges is hosting our first ever Georges By Night event on Sat. April 17th.
The evening will be highlighted by the sweet sounds of Chelsea Berry. Chelsea is a great up and coming talent and she will be taping a promotional video of herself that evening. We will be serving a traditional Lebanese chicken and garlic meal. Appetizers will begin at 6:30 with dinner to follow. Chelsea will begin her
performance at around 7:30. This is a BYOB event so feel free to bring your favorite spirits.
Coffee and dessert will round out the evening. Tickets are $25 per person and are very limited.
Tickets are on sale at George’s and will be sold on a first come basis. Due to limited space I will
not be able to hold any tickets, so if interested get down to Georges to purchase your tickets.

Thanks,Dean

New United States Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

This new generation of Coast Guard Cutters is pretty Bad-Ass!

Fast Response Cutter – Sentinel Class

Artist Rendering of the Fast Response Cutter – Sentinel Class. (Courtesy of Bollinger Shipyards, Inc.)
The Coast Guard was conceived in 1787, when America’s first secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton, wrote “a few armed vessels, judiciously stationed at entrances to our ports, might at a small expense be made useful sentinels of our laws.”

The Fast Response Cutter (FRC), a new generation of Coast Guard patrol boats, will continue the Coast Guard’s long history of protecting America’s citizens, assets and interests at home and abroad. The first FRC will be named the Coast Guard Cutter Sentinel, with the official class designation as the “Sentinel” class. Learn more about the FRC

Latest News Releases

U.S. Coast Guard Participated in Keel Laying Ceremony for first Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter

The U.S. Coast Guard participated in a keel laying ceremony for the first Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter (FRC) Friday, April 9, at Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, La.

Sentinel Class Patrol Boat : Project Description

The Sentinel Class patrol boat project will deliver vital capability to the Coast Guard, helping to meet the service’s need for additional patrol boats. The current patrol boat gap hinders the Coast Guard’s ability to successfully and efficiently complete all potential missions, and this critical FRC acquisition will help address these identified needs.

Capability

The Sentinel Class patrol boat will be 154 feet long, capable of speeds of 28 plus knots, armed with one stabilized, remotely-operated 25mm chain gun and four crew-served .50 caliber machine guns, and crew capabilities to hold 22 people. It will be able to perform independently for a minimum of 5 days at sea, and be underway for 2,500 hours per year.

The C4ISR systems on the Sentinel Class patrol boat will be fully interoperable with not only the Coast Guard’s existing and future assets, but those of our partners in the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.

Click the pic below for the detailed plans full sized-

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Characteristics:

Class name:  “Sentinel” Class
Quantity: up to 34 cutters
Manufacturer: Bollinger Shipyards Inc.
Parent Craft Designer: Damen
Classification:  American Bureau of Shipping High-Speed Naval Craft Guide
Length: 154 feet
Beam: 25.4 feet
Displacement: 353 metric tons
Speed: 28+ knots
Endurance:  5 days
Sea Keeping: Conduct all missions thru SS4.  Survive thru SS6.
Crew:  22 (2 officers, 20 enlisted)
Armament: one stabilized, remotely-operated 25mm chain gun; four crew-served .50 caliber machine guns
DOD and DHS Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Equipment
Service Life:  20 years
First Delivery Date: Late 2010 (Q1 FY

I’ve got Nutin’! YOU?

Posted on by capeannpainter

A little under the weather today.

My Brain seems to be stuck.

No good idea for a post.

Yeah I know!  WHAAAAAAAAAA!

OK!, Let’s see what you can do.

Caption this Photo.

If you have the best Caption you WIN one free Post. You’ll get to make one post on GMG in my 10am Time Slot.

Post almost anything you want. Of course nothing obscene (that’s my job). Promote youself,Business,event,charity,website,etc.

I’m the only Judge You have to please. GOODLUCK!

ENDS Sunday April 11, 2010 8pm EST


From Poet Laureate John Ronan

Posted on by Sharon

I am honored to have my photography included in this poetry collection.    —Sharon

From the Gloucester Daily Times

My View
John Ronan

April is Poetry Month, and a great time for poets to shine.

Luckily, we have good poets in Gloucester who are willing and able to share their work and dower the world, as Emily Dickinson suggested.

Emily, not always the humble maiden she is pictured to be, wrote of her poems: “I put my pleasure all abroad/ I dealt a word of Gold/ To every Creature that I met/ And Dowered all the world.”

I am happy to announce some words of gold, a new book, “Salt and Light: An Anthology of Gloucester Poetry,” that features Gloucester’s best, most authentic poetry — by Gloucester’s residents writing in and about Gloucester.

“Salt and Light” is a real community effort, bringing poetry out of the self-reverence of the coffee house and into the neighborhoods of the wider city.

The new book is beautiful, thanks to Sharon Lowe’s photography, and features among others Pat Lowery Collins, Rufus Collinson, Joeseph Featherstone, myself, Stephen Scotti, Nancy Seidman, Peter Todd and Frances Wosmek. It also presents Pam Mansfield, winner of the Quarterdeck Poetry Contest, and finalists Amber Gailitis, Neal Kleindienst, and Lydia Priest.

Perhaps more importantly, “Salt and Light” features student poetry. The student poems continue a long tradition of civic poetry in Gloucester.

For many years the Ingalls Prize Poems from the high school were published annually. (I am grateful to Susan Richardson for providing a copy from the 1950s — good stuff!).

The high school tradition continues in “The Elicitor” under James Cook’s editorship. Sawyer Library, too, has published poetry, short stories and fiction over the years. Uniquely Gloucester celebrated our 375th anniversary in 1998 and the library continues to publish poetry, in both print and on line.

The students in “Salt and Light” are: Kathy Cusumano, Kate Bresnahan, Andrew Bergeron, Heather Boudrow, Emma Chandler, Alexandra McKay, Samantha Turner, Kaitlin Nicolosi, Billy O’Donnell, Britany Diamondt, Erin McManus, Phoebe Weissblum, Kazira Slocum, Alexandra Lees, Lydia Anderson, Aidan Breen, Jordan Gentile, Meghaen Favazza and Lucina Fox.

The proof that “Salt and Light” is a real community effort lies in one amazing fact: It is free. Distribution, beginning with a presentation to the City Council on April 13 and a reception April 23 at the Rose Baker Senior Center, will be through Mayor Kirk’s office, Sawyer Free Library, and the senior center. If you are housebound, send $2 for postage and packaging to Box 5524, Gloucester, MA 01930.

The city is indebted to the public spirit of all the sponsors of “Salt and Light,” those who make it both possible and free. At the top of the list is the Gloucester Cultural Council, which gave two separate grants toward publication.

The Friends of the Council on Aging were generous in both publication and in planning the book’s launch.

All the other sponsors deserve our gratitude, too. Thank them.

They are: Coco Berkman, Deo Braga and the Azorean Restaurant, the Rev. Lyn Brakeman, Cape Ann Savings, Chisholm and Hunt Printers, Gregg Sousa and The Crow’s Nest, Family Therapy Associates, Fred Cowan, Dr. Richard Gardner, Sharon Lowe, Michael McNamara and Precision Painting, Rockport National Bank, Arthur Ryan, Steve Dexter and Carroll Steele Insurance.

Come to the party! An official reception and book signing, and a chance to meet the authors, will be held Friday, April 23, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Baker Center. “All the world” is invited.

John Ronan is poet laureate for the city of Gloucester.

POETRY CONTESTS

Don’t forget the Fishermen’s Wives contest for Gloucester residents! Send entries to Box 5524, Gloucester, MA 01930.

For students, the Poetry Without Paper contest is running. Go to Sawyer Free Library’s Web site for details.

— John Ronan

Topside Grill Grand Opening Friday

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hey Joe,

So tomorrow night (Friday) we are planning on having a Grand Opening at The Topside Grill. I was hoping you could post a little blurb about it on your website. Here is what I was hoping you could post:

Friday night (April 9th) The Topside Grill will be hosting a Grand Opening of the New Topside! Come see the tremendous changes we’ve made! Upstairs in the bar/lounge area from 8:00 to close we will be running $3 appetizer specials along with $5 cocktail specials. You’ll be amazed by the new look!!

Missing Dog! Please Help!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

6:33 pm TUES 4/6

5 Ashland Place—Anyone missing a brown, maybe Hound/Shepherd MIX dog, medium weight/size?

If so call 978 283 3902 — 5 ashland place gloucester–

Go see! The Effect Of Gamma Rays On Man-in the Moon Marigolds

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
Hey Gang!
 
If any one is around April 30th, May 1st or 2nd come see our show!!! We will be performing three nights only at the Gloucester Stage Company aka Gorton Theatre.  Hope everyone is enjoying the great weather!!!
 
Cheers & Love,
 
Lauren

You’ve Been Cordially Invited- April 24 Birdseye Meeting

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

If you’re interested in

A vital downtown
Creative use of open space
Waterfront access
Enhancing Gloucester’s tax base
Green technology
A dynamic balance of commercial, industrial and residential

Please Join Us

For the third in our series of BirdsEye meetings,
9 AM April 24, at the Kyrouz Auditorium at City Hall.

We will be reviewing results of our neighborhood gatherings, focus groups, and last month’s inspiring design crit. workshop. And we’ll be continuing our search for the optimum use of the marvelous BirdsEye property.

We have a chance to make the most significant contribution to the vitality of our downtown district that Gloucester has seen in decades.

We invite you to be a part of it.

The BirdsEye Team

LET’S PAINT!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted on by capeannpainter

YEAH! LET’S PAINT!

You know you want to.

If you don’t think you have the time to take up Painting, Think Again.

My Painting Teacher has given me permission to share some of his secrets of being able to manage Everyday Tasks, Exercise and Paint at the same time.

SO NOW YOU HAVE NO EXCUSES NOT TO LEARN HOW TO PAINT!

Here’s a couple of videos to get you started.

Pics From Donna Ardizzoni- Ed Collard voluteering at Stage Fort Park, Greg Bover Stage Fort Park, Stage Fort Park Volunteer Steve Noble

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

There have been more and more people who love our city getting involved in helping to keep it clean and sprucing up areas. People like Donna Ardizzoni, Bobby Gillis, Ed Collard , Bob Hastings and others who partipate in the Saturday morning one hour at a time gang. This past Saturday many Gloucester Rotarians volunteered to spruce up Stage Fort Park.

Do you love Gloucester and have some spare time? Perhaps you would like to meet some new people that feel the same way about our city and want to get out and get active. You too can become a DOER in the community. If you are interested in volunteering around town in any capacity drop me a comment and I’ll put you in touch with people that might just have the perfect volunteering opportunity for you. I guarantee you will develop an even stronger sense of community and you could even make some great friends along the way. Here are some pictures of the fine folks that showed uplast Saturday-